Throttle to the stop

We played in a futsal tournament last Sunday (STF 50th Anniversary Celebrations). We were the 2nd oldest team on that day. We aimed high but we "warmed" up too late to qualify for the quarter-finals. Thank God we were not last in our group.

As usual, we were the only "hot-headed" team. We argued (and disputed on the goals allowed against us) a lot with the ref and we received plenty yellow cards for our crunching tackles and fouls (robust but not dirty, ok). Yours truly received 2 warnings from the ref for making sliding tackles (wot? Goalies not allowed to do that?).

Anyway, it was fun. After the game we lepaked not with other players from my oldskool (the younger batches) but with the STAR 98 team (they were in our group and a friendly bunch...cheers guys). They were 1st runners-up at the end of the tournament.

Me? I came out with a sprained wrist trying to save goal. Manyak sakit wohhh

p/s Will be off radar until Sunday (no internet access again).

Have a nice week all.

Gary, a good friend of mine lost his youngest child today around Subuh. He had been battling leukimia for the past 1 year.

Takziah, my friend.

Badan gua penat beb.

I'm working yet I haven't been in office since Monday. Travel sana, travel sini.

Dah la internet blardy slow kat sana..."Minta maaf Encik, kawasan Encik tak ada orang apply Streamyx lagi. Kalau cukup quota baru nanti kami pasang."

Siapa kata Monsoon dah habis??? Ombak masih tinggi la. My engineer siap "mandi" laut sebab tak pandai balancekan diri dalam hopper barge tu.

Kenapa gua merapu nih????

OK, the Babe dared me to post her pic up here.

So people, based on the descriptions given by her, is it :

1. This voluptous lady? (look at the hips!!!)


2. This hobbit?


or

3. This hantu? (tried to find a Hantu Tetek or a woman with 3 breasts pic but couldn't find any)


So, is it 1, 2, 3 or 4 (whatever it may be)

My affinity has always been with Suzukis. Guess watching GPs back in the late 80's, the Hondas and Yahamas beating the hell out of them made me a fan of the underdogs. Watching Schwantz on the RG500 with Pepsi livery (988) was another reason too. As a result, when I was in ITM, I chose a Suzuki TXR150 as my choice of transport instead of the popular Yamaha RXZs and Honda Raiders. Two strokes were popular back then.

Mind you, back then, the local bikes were mostly 135 ccs while the imported ones were mostly 125 cc and 250 cc. Price diffence was a lot too. Popular 125 cc bikes were mostly centered around Yamaha TZR and Honda MBX.

Suzuki? They had these :


I rode this once in 1988 belonging to Samad. It was in full yellow trim, with white rims. Cool!!!


This one I rode for a full semester in 1988 also, belonging to Lobo (due to some personal reasons, he left the bike for me to use). Stock trim in Suzuki Blue. Singapore registration.


This is the best of all. A RG400 Walter Wolf Special. Managed to get a ride from its owner, Joey in 1989.


This is the bike I had always lusted for. The 2nd generation RGV250. Mind you, not the normal RGV but the SP model (limited number in production). Oh ya, it should also be in the Pepsi colours.

Or, if I can really afford it, to get the last edition of the RGV (1996). Not pretty because of its bulbous headlights but in Lucky Strike trimmings, it makes the bike look gorgeous.


I can still dream, right???

On Sunday I went riding Ulu Yam up to Awana. Pian invited me to ride shotgun/2up/backseat rider on his Fireblade. Went up with Fast Eddie, Ivan, Jeremy, Shamsul Rasul@Scott Russell (haha) and a couple others.

BIG mistake.

1. The FB is not meant to carry pillion despite having a "seat". It's bloody small and thin. My bum was numb after several kms.

2. Perched high at the back, at high speed, I had no windscreen as cover and took the brunt of the full force of airflow. Further, the FB had no grab rails and both my arms had to dangle by the side. I'd look so not coolnot macho/gay if I had my arms around Pian's waist right?

3. I didn't follow the basic rule of riding - safety. The only stuff of mine still available was my touring jacket, meaning I'm protected only for my shoulders and elbows. I had no back protector to cover for my spine in case of a fall. I was using ankle high boots which would not provide much in terms of protection. I wore jeans which is not much help for my hips or my knees too because I didn't use any protectors inside for them.

4. Pian's fullface was slightly large and I had to use a bandanna on my scalp to lessen the helmet moving around. The visor was iridium, shady for sunshine but not practical for other times. I had to lift them up a bit for view.

5. Pian did not adjust/harden his rear suspension for riding 2up. Too much damping and no rebound, it was bottoming a lot. We were wallowing too much up and down.

6. The above made him to use a lot of rear brake (instead of just tapping it) to squat the bike when entering corners.

Overall, it was a blast to be riding again despite being a pillion.

Adrenalin Rush!!!!!

A certain all-girls residential school is celebrating its 50th annoversary. One of the activities they're having is a futsal tournament (both ladies and men categories) end of this month. Saw the flyer at someone's blog (can't rememeber where).

A certain lady, an old girl, also a committee member and the wife of a certain someone in my batch has registered the Power(Wednesday) and Leisure(Friday)teams for the tourney.

While the Power team comprises ex-students from the 80's, the Leisure team will be more cosmopolitan. The members will all come from class of 86 but from other SBPs as well. We have on our payroll, mercenaries, imports someone from SAS, STAR, SDAR, SMSS'gor and also SMSJohor as our team members.

So funny that the others all want to play upfield but when it comes to keeping goal, everyone shies away. Yours truly will be playing again..in that position!!!

Anyway, last friday, we had a friendly 1 hour game against MBSA and the result was good..an 8-all draw. Not bad eh?? The score was 4-3 when I left the field due to a strain in my right thigh.

We'll keep on training right until the day of the tournament.

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	Moderate
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Very High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very High
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Extreme
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very Low
Level 7 (Violent)	High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Very High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Moderate

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

if the world stops turning you better not stop when i say
if there was nothing you could do to stop it why'd you try
then the ground starts parting through the silence as you woke up the dead
everyone here dies alone...

That's ok. I've never been really friendly with anyone, anyway.

Oits people,

When is secretaries' week?

Help me out now......die la if forget.


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On the other hand (this I know), this weekend is the 2nd race of the 2006 WSB season at Philip Island Australia.

Update - Latest Result

Race One

Troy Corser
Alex Barros
James Toseland
Noriyuki Haga

Race Two

Troy Bayliss
James Toseland
Alex Barros
Noriyuki Haga

Managed to watch Puteri Gunung Ledang's last show yesterday. Not bad (who am I to judge since I've never watched a musical/theatrical before kan?).

1. Why so many "jiwang" scenes for Hang Tuah?

2. I fell asleep several times during the jiwang scenes despite sitting three rows from the musicians/singers.

3. The sub-titles were cool though (I hurt my neck tilting my head too much to read them)

4. The performers were good, they enjoyed themselves during the encore. The audience gave a standing ovation at the end of the show, I had to stand too (nanti kata disrespect lak) despite wanting to enjoy my soooo comfortable seat.

5. There were many celebrities and big shots there (including my ex-boss and rich/snobbish cousins)

6. Somebody paid for my ticket (hahaha)